Prioritizing Sleep Health: Public Health Policy Recommendations
Abstract
Reasons for the Crisis
Policy Implications
Establish national standards for middle and high school start times that are later in the day
Stronger regulation of work hours and schedules
Eliminate daylight saving time
Educate the public regarding the impact of electronic media on sleep
Improve access to ambulatory in-home diagnostic testing for sleep disorders
Problem | Solution | Policy examples |
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School schedules undermine sleep | National standards for later middle and high school start times | National requirement that high schools start their first classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m. |
Work schedules undermine sleep | Stronger regulation of work hours and schedules across all industries | Limitations on shift length, regulation of time between shifts, regulation of degree of circadian phase change in consecutive workdays |
Daylight saving time policy undermines sleep | Do not practice daylight saving time (like Hawaii and most of Arizona) | Eliminate daylight saving time from all states |
Poor access to education regarding sleep | Educate the public regarding the effects of electronic media on sleep | High school module on sleep health utilized nationally; educational module on drowsy driving required before obtaining a driver’s license |
Poor access to treatment for sleep disorders | Improve access to ambulatory in-home diagnostic testing for sleep disorders | Tax incentives to corporate wellness programs that provide access to ambulatory in-home diagnostic testing for sleep disorders |
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